Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hotman 's case is particularly interesting in that where in the first version the word populus was used , in the 1576 edition the term ordines , meaning orders or estates , was inserted to " clarify " the meaning , or , we might suspect , to reassure those alarmed by the dangerously democratic sound of the first version . |
| 2 | A late election will also be acceptable where at a crucial time one of the signatories or a signatory 's agent was unavailable for unforeseeable reasons ( such as a serious illness ) and there was no one else who could reasonably be expected to stand in the agent 's shoes . |
| 3 | The middle course valleys are broader and the valley sides are less steep than in the upper course . |
| 4 | The grass is greener than in a commercial for lawn-mowers ; something , as at a Test match or at Wimbldeon , hangs in the air or on the hum of the crowd 's voice . |
| 5 | ‘ I can tell you he 's running quicker than at the same time last year , ’ said the Welshman , confident that Christie is capable of matching Canadian Bruny Surin 's 1993 world best of 6.45 . |
| 6 | While this is admittedly still a lengthy period , it is significantly quicker than under the ordinary procedure . |
| 7 | He returned to England in 1844 but was unemployed except for a brief tenure of the post of governor of the new prison in Birmingham in 1849–51 , before dismissal . |
| 8 | ‘ It is more difficult to be precise about this than about the earlier phases , partly because the pictures are rarer and less accessible , and have not been adequately photographed , partly because it includes considerable variations . ’ |
| 9 | The anatomy is also more strongly stressed in this than in the earlier statue , perhaps to tell against reflections in the shiny metal ; and this is something that becomes even more marked in succeeding generations . |
| 10 | The exercise of new found autonomy has been more apparent in the cultural than in the diplomatic sphere . |
| 11 | Most of these are now desolate except for the fifteenth century Church of the Pantanassa , still a convent , and a few others such as the fourteenth century Church of Evangelistria , S. Sophia , c. 1350 , and the fourteenth century Church of Peribleptos . |
| 12 | It is far easier for the British than for the American executive to do this . |
| 13 | Still , he reckons that the bigger the mainframe , the cheaper relatively it is to buy — 10% cheaper , in fact , at the top than at the bottom end of the range . |
| 14 | But the Board was concerned far less about the private use of ‘ blue movies ’ as an aphrodisiac than about the increasing taste for sadism and other ‘ bizarre practices ’ in films and about the worrying influx into Britain of child pornography . |
| 15 | Language work in the final year is more specialized than in the first two years and includes translation and précis writing in administrative , technical and commercial registers of the languages , as well as some interpreting . |
| 16 | The West coast route , however , could not be profitable , with 1960s-vintage equipment which cost more to maintain , and it was less reliable than on the East-coast line . |
| 17 | The difference in performance between large and small hardware firms was less marked than for the other sectors . |
| 18 | There is splitting in all parties , and nowhere is it more marked than in the Labour Party ( Hear , hear ) . |
| 19 | The second major issue is that the theme of the sex fiend is much less marked than in the earlier search stage of the criminal investigation . |
| 20 | If there is any amount of bankside vegetation the task is somewhat easier than on an open bank . |
| 21 | Travel has been easier than in the upper course valleys and so a few villages have grown to become market towns . |
| 22 | With the second set of options ( long repayment period = low APR ) , the average repayment period chosen was if anything shorter than with the first ( short repayment period = low APR ) . |
| 23 | The benches are empty except for a solitary figure sitting huddled in a mackintosh , watching with fierce concentration . |
| 24 | The yard was empty except for a neat looking two-horse box and at the far end a large powerful motorbike . |
| 25 | I was in a round room , which was empty except for a large square computer . |
| 26 | The doors to the great white stone building that led to the palatial rotunda were open , the lobby empty except for a single security guard sitting and reading behind the circular information desk . |
| 27 | The field was empty except for a few ewes with young lambs . |
| 28 | The library was empty except for an elderly man pottering in Biography and a couple of schoolchildren in the reference section ; there was opportunity for what Joyce called a natter , and no escaping it . |
| 29 | A few things remained in the bureau drawer ; the odds and ends that accumulate in drawers : an engagement diary for 1981 which had only a few entries ; an old wallet , empty except for an out-of-date RAC membership card . |
| 30 | The place was almost empty except for an old man in one corner and a boy and a girl eating chicken and chips two booths away . |